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But with a chance to force a playoff against his captain,
Hatton missed the par putt, leaving a muted celebration
for the entire team.
Both Rahm and Hatton started the final round intent on
chasing down 36-hole leader Andy Ogletree of HyFlyers
GC. Ogletree opened with consecutive birdies and led by
four shots at one point before the rest of the field started
to chip away at his lead.

Ogletree double-bogeyed the eighth hole but still had a
share of the lead with Rahm after consecutive birdies at
the drivable par-4 12th and par-5 13th. But the American
followed with consecutive double bogeys on the next two
holes to fall out of contention.
Englishman Paul Casey of Crushers GC was also in the
hunt until he suffered his own double-bogey at the par-
4 15th after an errant drive. Hard-charging Torque GC
Captain Joaquin Niemann made a spirited run until a late
bogey, while Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith battled
back from three early bogeys to make his presence felt.
In the end, though, it came down to Rahm and Hatton.
The latter, who recently won his first LIV Golf title in
Nashville, bounced back from a double-bogey at the sixth
and was a bogey-free 3-under on his next 11 holes before

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